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核心问题

Not until 1868 ____ made the capital of the state of Georgia.

A. was Atlanta B. when Atlanta was C. Atlanta was D. was when Atlanta

我查了许多语法书和词典,均未查到 not until(介词或连词)放在句首时主语和谓语应采取的语序。请指教。

词典解答

按照各类标准考试的要求, not until 位于句首时(不管 until 是介词还是连词), 主语和谓语必须实行主语和谓语的部分倒装, 如同 never 等否定词位于句首时一样:

Not until the doors had clanged shut again did Percy realise he was in a lift with his father. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 直到电梯门已经关闭，珀西韦斯莱才发现他的父亲也在电梯里。（《哈利·波特与死亡圣徒》）

练习题

请做下面的英语试题：

____ Madame Curie discovered radium did people have an idea of radioactivity. A. Since B. Not until C. After D. Until (EPT)
Not until the mid-nineteenth-century discovery of vast deposits of borates in the Mojave Desert ____ relatively common. A. borax became B. did borax become C. and borax became D. borax's becoming(TOEFL)
Not until a baby kangaroo is four months old ____ to live outside its mother's pouch. A. it begins B. beginning C. and begins D. does it begin (TOEFL)
Not until the mid-nineteenth century ____ achieve recognition. A. had EL Greco's work B. did EL Greco's work

C. EL Greco's work D. EL Greco's work did(TOEFL)

Not until the late 1870's ____ an outlet for her talents and sympathies in charitable work. A. that Anna Hallowell found B. did Anna Hallowell find C. when did Anna Hallowell find D. when Anna Hallowell found (TOEFL)
Not until the early years of the 19th century ____ what heat is. A. man did know B. man knew C. didn't man know D. did man know(全国高考)
Not until I began to work ____ how much time I had wasted. A. didn't I realize B. did I realize C. I didn't realize D. I realized(全国高考,90-20)
Although Nina Putnam wrote stories and poems as a child, ____ she was twenty-three. A. her first real success did not come until B. her real first successes came until not C. since her first real success did not come until D. not until her first real success (TOEFL)
Not until all the fish died in the river ____ how serious the pollution was. A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized C. the villagers did realize D. didn't the villagers realize(全国高考,95-38)
____ was the first fully successful transatlantic cable finally laid. A. Not until 1866 B. Until 1866, just C. Until 1866 D. In 1866, not until (TOEFL)
Not until the game had begun ____ at the sports ground. A. had he arrived B. would he have arrived C. did he arrive D. should he have arrived(全国四级,00.6-23)
____ she wondered if she had made a mistake. A. Not until long afterwards that B. Not long until afterwards C. It was not until long afterwards that D. It was long afterwards until(全国六级,95.1-55)
“Not until science became prominent ____ be abolished,” some people argue. A. did slavery come to B. slavery to C. had slavery come to D. that slavery came to(全国六级)